移
yí
to move
to shift; to change; to alter; to remove
grain (禾) + many (多) = move and shift
Picture many stalks of grain being relocated — moving crops from one plot to another captures the essence of shifting or transferring. 多 here mainly reinforces a sense of abundance in motion rather than carrying a precise semantic load.
请把那把椅子移到窗边。
qǐng bǎ nà bǎ yǐzi yí dào chuāng biān。
Please move that chair over to the window.
他慢慢地把目光移向远处的山。
tā màn màn de bǎ mùguāng yí xiàng yuǎn chù de shān。
He slowly shifted his gaze toward the distant mountains.
Words with 移
移情
yí qíng
to redirect one's affections
推移
tuī yí
(of time) to elapse; to pass
本性难移
běn xìng nán yí
It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.
运移
yùn yí
migration (geology)
远端转移
yuǎn duān zhuǎn yí
metastasis
迁居移民
qiān jū yí mín
immigration
迁移
qiān yí
to migrate
飘移
piāo yí
to drift
骨髓移植
gǔ suǐ yí zhí
(medicine) bone marrow transplant
高考移民
gāo kǎo yí mín
students who relocate to another region of China in order to gain an advantage on the college entrance exam
不移
bù yí
steadfast
中国移动通信
zhōng guó yí dòng tōng xìn
China Mobile (PRC state telecommunications company)